Receive — synonyms, definition

1. receive (Verb)

abide accept accommodate acquire admit allow to enter bear bill carry clear collect come in for consider consult contain cooperate derive discuss drink dun • • •

receive (Verb) — Get something; come into possession of. ex. "receive a gift"

receive (Verb) — Be subject to a specified treatment or analysis. ex. "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation" ex. "His movie received a good review"

receive (Verb) — Register (perceptual input). ex. "receive a signal"

receive (Verb) — Go through (mental or physical states or experiences). ex. "receive injuries"

receive (Verb) — Express willingness to have in one's home or environs. ex. "The community warmly received the refugees"

receive (Verb) — Accept as true or valid. ex. "He received Christ"

receive (Verb) — Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival.

receive (Verb) — Convert into sounds or pictures. ex. "receive the incoming radio signals"

receive (Verb) — Experience as a reaction.

receive (Verb) — Have or give a reception. ex. "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"

receive (Verb) — Receive as a retribution or punishment. ex. "He received 5 years in prison"

receive (Verb) — (Christianity) partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament.

receive (Verb) — Regard favourably or with disapproval. ex. "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

accept acquire celebrate change comprehend consider convert experience fete get greet have partake perceive reckon recognise recognize regard see touch • • • absorb accept assume fence get graduate have hear horripilate hustle induct inherit see suffer sustain take take in take up welcome